Crosscutting Research News

Idaho National Laboratory: It's in the water

CMI researchers at Idaho National Laboratory show that lithium from geothermal brine could help meet growing demand for raw material and make geothermal power more cost efficient

This composite image from Idaho National Laboratory shows geothermal water and batteries, representing CMI research at INL that lithium from geothermal brine could help meet growing demand for raw material and make geothermal power more cost efficient.

Idaho Falls Magazine: It's in the water

CMI researchers at Idaho National Laboratory show that lithium from geothermal brine could help meet growing demand for raw material and make geothermal power more cost efficient

CMI research at Idaho National Laboratory represented in this composite image from Idaho National Laboratory showing geothermal water and batteries

DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge Celebrates Women’s History Month

DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge Celebrates Women’s History Month story features CMI Project Lead Ruby Nguyen at Idaho National Laboratory

Breakthrough research: Wastewater from potato processing plants could be used in the recycling of high-tech devices

Potato News Today published a story about CMI-funded research led by Idaho National Laboratory

Today’s high-tech devices usually contain components made of rare earth elements, a class of metallic elements including neodymium and dysprosium, which is found in everything from cellphones and computers to wind turbines and electric vehicles.

INL: Looking to the salvage yard for rare earth elements

As the United States seeks a stable domestic supply of rare-earth elements – essential to high-tech instruments and electronics – researchers at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) are looking to the salvage yard to see what might be lurking under the hoods and in the doors of light-duty cars and trucks.

Hongyue Jin named LCA rising star

CMI researcher Hongyue Jin at The University of Arizona recently was named a life cycle assessment rising star

LLNL researchers turn to microbe beads to increase U.S. supply of rare earth metals

To help increase the U.S. supply of rare earth elements, a CMI team led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is using microbe beads to recover REEs from consumer electronic waste

microbe capsuls, average size 59 micrometers